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Job 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;”

Job 20:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 20:127 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
thoughconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
תַּמְתִּ֣יקtamətiyq
it is sweetverbH4985
take) sweet
בְּ/פִ֣י/וbəpiyw
in mouth hispronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
רָעָ֑הrāʿāh
evilnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗/נָּהyakəḥiydenāh
he hides itverbH3582
cut down · desolate · hide
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
לְשׁוֹנֽ/וֹləšwōnwō
tongue hisnounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 20:12

For when wickedness shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. ‘Wickedness is sweet in the mouth’ of the hypocrite, in that evil tastes sweet to him in the thought. For ‘the mouth’ of the heart is the thought, whereof it is written; Deceitful lips spake evil in a double heart. Now the evil that is thus sweet in the mouth of the hypocrite is hidden under the tongue, in that the harshness of an evil disposition, which lies hidden in the mind, is concealed…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 15 §12
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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